What all of us can learn from Olympians. Plus, Lance Walker recalls K-State days with Brent Venables

Lance Walker has spent his entire career trying to bring out the best in athletes.

Some of those athletes are the most elite of the elite, Olympians. With the Games underway in Paris, Lance will see things happening that a lot of us won't.

But now as the leader of the Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute at Oklahoma State, Walker is working to help not only athletes, but also Average Joes and Janes just like you and me. We'll talk to him about that as well as his background, which has a Kansas State crossover with a certain OU football coach.

That and much more on The Jenni Carlson Show.

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Episode highlights

1:10: How is watching the Olympics different for a guy who’s trained such athletes?

3:50: Lance knows the science behind Olympic-level performance, so does anything these athletes do ever surprise him?

5:52: Any Olympians or events that Lance is especially looking forward to watching?

8:55: What things do elite athletes do that Average Joes can learn from?

12:55: What is coming in the future of sports performance that will help elite athletes perform even better?

15:55: Did you know, Lance was part of Bill Snyder’s first recruiting class at Kansas State?

19:45: Did you know, Part 2, Lance was a Wildcat along with OU football coach Brent Venables?

21:05: Why did Lance’s path lead him to Oklahoma after his K-State days?

25:25: What are the hopes for the Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute over the next two or three years?

Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove
Creative Director: Michael Lane